Watlings Place in Kennedys Bush – Named after the Watling family. John “Jack” Watling (1897-1978), a retired master mariner, and his wife, Isabel Mary Watling, née Scott, (1902-1990) came to live on Kennedys Bush Road in 1932 and farmed their land as a sheep farm. Both he and his daughter, Margaret Watling (1933?-1986), were interested in horticulture with Margaret also becoming a well-known florist. Named in 1999.
A reasonable amount of information from the library website. Not much information on the Ancestry website. Papers Past entries were mostly about the John Watling Trophy for prize winning rose gardens. There were also several entries for the selling of lambs. There was a long article in 1984 about John Watling and his garden.
There are only 11 houses here all built in 2000 and some had nice gardens. I did like the house made from a type of stone cladding.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 